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SubjectRe: expand_stack fix [was Re: 2.4.9aa3]
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andrea@suse.de said:
> My fix for the race doesn't drop the usability of GROWSDOWN that could
> otherwise break userspace programs. I guess at least uml uses
> growsdown vma file backed. Jeff?

No. In neither the host kernel or UML is there a vma that's file backed and
growsdown.

UML process stacks are marked growsdown in UML and are file backed on the host,
but that's not the same thing.

Jeff

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